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Kaiser Tufail is a retired Pakistani fighter pilot. Outside of his military service, Tufail is an active blogger,
* ''Great Air Battles of Pakistan Air Force''
* ''In The Ring and On Its Feet''
Blogger URL
Aeronaut – Anthology of articles on fighter flying, air wars, etc, by Kaiser Tufail
Footloose – Anthology of articles on adventure, exploration and travel, by Kaiser Tufail
A dialogue with an aviator
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aviation
Aviation includes the activities surrounding mechanical flight and the aircraft industry. ''Aircraft'' includes fixed-wing and rotary-wing types, morphable wings, wing-less lifting bodies, as well as lighter-than-air craft such as hot a ...
historian and has delivered motivational speeches at TEDx
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conferences.
Service
Kaiser Tufail was commissioned in 1975. After performing duties as a squadron pilot, he went on to command a fighter squadron (No.8 Tactical Attack Squadron equipped withMirage 5
The Dassault Mirage 5 is a French supersonic attack aircraft designed by Dassault Aviation during the 1960s and manufactured in France and a number of other countries. It was derived from Dassault's popular Mirage III fighter and spawned sever ...
) at PAF Base Masroor and a flying wing (No 34 Tactical Attack Wing) at PAF Base Rafiqui. Later he commanded PAF Base Shahbaz and PAF Base Masroor.
He has had the opportunity of flying virtually all types of trainers and fighters of the PAF during his service. These include T-6G Harvard, MFI-17 Mushaak, T-37, FT-5 (dual-seat MiG-17), F-6 (MiG-19), Mirage-III/5, F-16A/B Fighting Falcon, Mirage F-1E (Qatari AF), F-7P (MiG-21) and the F-7PG (F-7 double-delta variant).
Kaiser Tufail was the Director of Operations of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) during the Kargil conflict
The Kargil War, also known as the Kargil conflict, was fought between India and Pakistan from May to July 1999 in the Kargil district of Jammu and Kashmir and elsewhere along the Line of Control (LoC). In India, the conflict is also referred ...
. He served as Deputy Commandant and Commandant of the PAF Air War College
PAF Air War College Institute is the Pakistan Air Force academic establishment providing training and education primarily to the mid-career officers of PAF as well as to limited number of officers from Pakistan Navy, Pakistan Army and officer ...
. He also served as Senior Air Staff Officer (SASO) at the Southern Air Command before retiring in 2005.
Kaiser Tufail is a graduate of the PAF Air War College and the National Defence College (National Defence University) and holds master's degrees in Strategic Studies and War Studies.
Works as an aviation historian
Books
* ''Great Air Battles of Pakistan Air Force''
* ''In The Ring and On Its Feet''
Articles
* "Jacobabad Tales" * "Alam
Alam is a masculine name derived from several ancient languages including :
# Arabic: (''ʿĀlam'') meaning "world" or "universe"
# Hebrew: cognate word is transcribed as '' Olam'', also meaning "World"
# Tagalog: ''Alam'' means "Knowledge" ...
's Speed-shooting Classic"
* "Run … it's a 104"
* "PAF on the Offensive – 1971 War"
* "The Gujarat Beechcraft Incident – 1965 War"
* "Air Defence in Northern Sector – 1971 War"
* "Air Support in Chamb – 1971 War"
* "Air Support in Shakargarh – 1971 War"
* "Air Support at Sea – 1971 War"
* "F-6s at War"
* "Air Support in Thar – 1971 War"
* "Mirages at War"
* "Kargil Conflict and Pakistan Air Force"
* "Shahbaz Over Golan"
* "It is the Man Behind the Gun"
* "A Hard Nut to Crack"
* "Cheapest Kill"
* "A Sword for Hussein"
* "Bo Kaata"
* "Mystery of the Downed Mystère"
* "Theirs But to Do and Die" ''Dawn'', 6 September 2007
Awards and Decorations
References
External links
Blogger URL
Aeronaut – Anthology of articles on fighter flying, air wars, etc, by Kaiser Tufail
Footloose – Anthology of articles on adventure, exploration and travel, by Kaiser Tufail
A dialogue with an aviator
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